series debuting the broadcast networks this fall, a few rise to the top. This week I’m previewing five dramas that stand out from the pack….

Sherlock Holmes already stars in a successful big-screen franchise starring Robert Downey Jr. and an engrossing small-screen British import for PBS starring Benedict Cumberbatch. But CBS proves you can never have too much of the famous sleuth with “Elementary,” a new procedural starring Jonny Lee Miller (“Eli Stone.”)

Like PBS’ “Sherlock,” this drama is a modern-day adventure. But unlike “Sherlock,” “Elementary” is set in New York, where Holmes has relocated for a new start after leaving rehab in London. There he meets Joan Watson (Lucy Liu – yep, Watson’s a woman), his “sober companion” and a former surgeon.